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The SouthBank


South Bank is a beautiful riverside at the heart of central London in the borough of Lambeth, following the themes from Lambeth to Blackfriars bridges. South bank is full of art, theatre, exhibitions; music, film and free event meaning that south bank can be enjoyed by people of all ages. Southbank Centre consists of the Royal Festival Hall (reopened after its two-year transformation), the Hayward Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Hall(containing the Purcell Room), and the Saison Poetry Library. We also manage the Arts Council Collection and organises the National Touring Exhibition programme in venues throughout the UK.

Situated on the south bank of the River Thames next to the popular Merlin Entertainments London Eye, Southbank Centre is at the heart of an arts quarter stretching from the Royal National Theatre and National Film Theatre to Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe.

This map shows all the different events in south bank.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/

Creative and media activity in the south bank

Tate Modern 
Tate Modern is a national gallery of modern art from all over the world, Located in London. Made from a old power station in 2000 in the heart of London. Tate has special exhibitions, events and education, Collection displays, and collections.

The exhibitions on at the Tate modern are:

Level2 Gallery: Alejandro Cesar co. Present Memory

This exhibition will take place at the Tate Modern from the 10^th of July to 31 October 2010. The exhibitions entry is free.

This exhibition is about a Uruguayan artist Alejandro Cesar co who was born on 1975 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He lives and works in New York City.

Present Memory, a newly commissioned video, and features an intimate portrait of the artist’s farther, a doctor recently diagnosed with cancer. Using a 16mm camera, Ceresco filmed his father in his medical practise. This creates a visual echo and activates a sense of déjà vu every time the viewer re-counter it

Gauguin

This exhibition will take place at the Tate Modern from the 30^th of September to 16 January 2010. The exhibitions entry is £13.50 and concessions.

This exhibition is about Gauguin one of the worlds most famous and best loved artists from the early 20^th century. For the first time in the UK in over 50 years the Tate modern present this exhibition. This exhibition explores the role of the myths around the man-Gauguin as storyteller.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
The Globe Theatre

The Globe theatre was founded in 1949 by Sam Wanamaker associated with William Shakespeare in London. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company , the chamberlains men and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by 1614 and closed in 1642. The Globe is found in South walk bridge road.

 Performances at The Globe 

One of the plays performed at the globe theatre are Henry IV part 1 at 2pm, Saturday 09 October 2010.This play written by the infamous English playwright William Shakespeare.

Another play performed at the globe is Henry IV Part 2 at 7:30 Saturday 09 October 2010 also written by the infamous William Shakespeare.

http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/

IMAX  (British film institute)

The BFI London Imax is placed in the centre of waterloo, literally in the middle of a huge roundabout. The Imax cinema opened in 1999 and since then has become an iconic building and a London landmark. Despite being surrounded on all sides by the consent hum of the capital’s road traffic, the building is especially designed to be immune to all noise pollution. The screen is at least the height of 5 double-decker buses. The Imax cinema is known all over the world as there are currently over 60 Imax cinemas.

Screenings shown in the IMAX

The events that are taking place at the Imax cinema are Step up 3D also an Avatar special edition experience on show from the 8-21 October at the Imax cinema.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/